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[DanteFox]

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In the fighting game community, there's the notion that certain characters are better than others. I thought, hey, why not apply that same concept to ethnic food? So without further ado, here's the initial draft of my Official International Food Tier List™. Of course I haven't tried every country's food, so feel free to suggest new entries and tell me in which tier they belong.

Top Tier:

Mexican
American
Chinese
Thai
Italian


High Tier:

Japanese
Arab/ Middle Eastern
Mongolian
Vietnamese
Indian

Middle Tier:

Mediterranean
Korean

Low / Mediocre Tier:

Spanish (they're way to proud to admit it but it's true)

Garbage Tier:

(No entries yet)

??? Tier (i.e. food I haven't really tried extensively so I don't know where to put them):

Canadian (do they even have anything besides poutine? It looks like garbage anyway lol.)
French (probably good but idk)
South American Countries (based on what I've seen, the poor man's version of Mexican food, but I'm willing to be persuaded either way.)
British (based on what I've heard it's bad but I like fish and chips so who knows!)

All ethnic foods are not created equal. Get at me.

=D

 

[AdventureRacing]

This isn't mean as an insult but what exactly does American food entail?

 

[Korey]

I agree however I would put Canadian and British in garbage tier thank you

 

[zero_suit]

Depending on how you feel about Michelin stars, French food would easily be top tier.

 

[Esch]

korean bbq, tapas, and mediterranean are great GTFO

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Italian not in the top tier?

Terrible list.

 

[Smithy C]

I'm pretty sure Italian food should be top tier. Both pizza and pasta are awesome. I am not sure that they eat anything else in Italy. Ice cream maybe? Ice cream is pretty good too.
British food can go in garbage tier. I've eaten enough chip sandwiches (fries inbetween breads, ketchup optional) to know that they are kind of pointless.

 

[Korey]

Actually I'd switch Italian with Thai or Mongolian

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

pizza

Wow, wasn't even thinking of pizza when I made my post. Pizza ALONE should put Italian into the top tier.

 

[Glasswork]

How is Indian food not on this list.

 

[arnoldocastillo2003]

God Tier:

Italian
Chinese
Spanish
Mexican
Nicaraguan

The rest are futile

 

[Metalmurphy]

Top tier: Portuguese

And now I'm hungry.

 

[effzee]

For me?

Pakistani/Indian
Middle Eastern

!

 

[jufonuk]

No all british food is bad but I am probably alone in that opinion..

also Indian Food should go in GOD Tier as well as turkish and Greek

 

[DanteFox]

Actually I'd switch Italian with Thai or Mongolian

The top ones are hard, but you may have a point so I'll put Italian at the bottom of the top.

How is Indian food not on this list.

Ah you're right.

 

[Rorschach]

Mexican
Italian
Chinese

The trinity. The French sure know their way around pastries, though.

 

[Technosteve]

garbage tier: American Fast Food
God Tier: Italian Chinese
FRANCE Tier: FRANCE

 

[Trouble]

Middle Tier:

Mediterranean
Korean

How dare you?

 

[Conceited]

Poutine looks like garbage? Get the fuck out of here.

 

[Alrus]

I'd say Belgian Food is top tier but I have no picture to show . Still amazing (but unhealthy) food.

Thai is also amazing.

British food can go in garbage tier. I've eaten enough chip sandwiches (fries inbetween breads, ketchup optional) to know that they are kind of pointless.

Heh we call that a "Routier" (literally "truck driver"), we just add some kind of fried meat on top of the fries (and tons of sauce, not exclusively ketchup or mayo). It's disgusting but so delicious at the same time.

 

[DanteFox]

How dare you?

Korean has a bad matchup against Chinese and Thai, and Mediterranean gets edged out by Arab/ Middle Eastern, although there is some overlap there.

This isn't mean as an insult but what exactly does American food entail?

Burgers
BBQ ribs
Fried Chicken
Burgers

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

This isn't mean as an insult but what exactly does American food entail?

Just some bullshit I pulled from Yahoo! Answers:

Macaroni and Cheese
Hamburger
Waldorf Salad
BBQ
Grits
Jambalaya
Buffalo Chicken Wings
Chicken Fingers
Apple pie
Wraps (fruit, salad, sandwich)
Philly Cheesesteak
Clam chowders-Manhattan, Rhode Island, New England
Sub sandwiches

Pot Roast
Mashed Potatoes
Apple Pie, Key Lime pie
Egg Rolls (they were invented in Calif.)
Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper
Gumbo, Jambalaya, Etouffee
Corn on the Cob, Corn Pudding, Corn bread
Chili
Clam Chowder
Lobster Rolls
Meatloaf
Jello and Jello Salads
Fried Chicken
Hamburgers
Sloppy Joes
Poboys, Submarines, Hoagies, Grinders
Pralines
Banana Pudding

Etc.

I think Reuben sandwiches are also American.

 

[Einbroch]

Top Tier:

- Japanese
- Thai
- Italian
- American
- Russian

Mid Tier:

- Chinese
- Korean
- Canadian
- French
- Mexican
- Middle Eastern
- Indian


Low Tier:

- British
- Eastern European

God-This-Is-Fucking-Shit Tier:

- Caribbean (Mannish Water, man)

 

[jufonuk]

garbage tier: American Fast Food
God Tier: Italian Chinese
FRANCE Tier: FRANCE

France must be in the God Tier

GOD TIER for me:
Italian
French
Chinese
Greek/Turkish
Mexican
Indian
Japanese
Vietnamese

High Tier
British (you haven't had a great roast/Cornish Pasty/Pie have you non UK GAF?..Hell even some curries are classed at british food.. )
American
Canadian
Caribean food (curried goat is awesome)

Other types of food I might not have tried/cannot thinkof so cannot add into Tiers

 

[victreeb3l]

asgard tier (in no particular order)

indian/desi
arab/middle eastern
italian
american

honorable mention
chinese
mexican
mediterranean

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Canadian (do they even have anything besides poutine? It looks like garbage anyway lol.)

It's amazing how people feel this is appropriate to say, then they actually, you know, have poutine, and then, they too realize how badly people say "lol it looks bad" need to be straight up fucking murdered in the streets for their impossibly ignorant blasphemy.

 

[HerbertFish]

God Tier
American
Mexican
Italian

Garbage Tier
Everything else



Anyone who doesn't have American food as the best is flat out wrong. It's diverse and brilliant and tasty on all accounts.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

God Tier
American
Mexican
Italian

Garbage Tier
Everything else



Anyone who doesn't have American food as the best is flat out wrong. It's diverse and brilliant and tasty on all accounts.

Wow, uh.....

Does not seem like you get around much.

 

[baekshi]

God Tier:

- Japanese
- Italian
- American
- Chinese
- Korean
- Mexican
- French

 

[-PXG-]

Top tier is spot on.

 

[Nard Bagman]

Gods:
Mexican
Italian
American
Chinese

In that order.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

S Tier
Caribbean Food

A Tier
Chinese
Mexican
Japanese
American

meh Tier
the rest

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Top tier: Portuguese

And now I'm hungry.

where's the rest of the meat?

/American_snicker

God Tier
American
Mexican
Italian

Garbage Tier
Everything else



Anyone who doesn't have American food as the best is flat out wrong. It's diverse and brilliant and tasty on all accounts.

needs moar Indian, Greek and Ethiopian.

Oh, and New Orleans food gets to sit above American food, despite being American food.

 

[Trigunner]

Israeli and Turkish

 

[Stumpokapow]

I'm pretty sure the only point of this thread is to troll poutine.

 

[LProtag]

I'm fairly certain that all cultures have picked food sources from their local environment in order to cover all the nutrients they need and that when you grow up eating certain things you develop a taste for them.

Hence why a lot of things are considered to be an acquired taste.

So I don't think you can really tier foods. Especially since your tastes will change over time as well

I mean, it's really hard to give a tier list of something completely subjective.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

I'm pretty sure the only point of this thread is to troll poutine.

I'd say the only point of poutine is to troll pussies who are scared of food that doesn't look right, but there are so many more points to poutine.

Like, seriously people, you put gravy on a baked potato, but fries don't make sense to you? The hell.

 

[Big-E]

Top Tier:
French
Chinese
Italian
Japanese
Indian

Mid Tier:
Korean
Thai
Vietnamese
Mexican
Greek
Islamic Countries(Grouping places like Lebanon and Morocco together)

Low Tier:
German
American/Canadian
Portuguese

Garbage Tier:
England


Think I hit all the big ones. Didn't rate Spanish because Spanish is highly overrated. Paella is done better in the south of France and I am of Italian heritage so their dry cured ham no matter how good it may be is not Parma ham.

EDIT: Also I want to say that Mexican and Chinese are perhaps the most similar in that there is an inverse relationship to cost and how good it tastes. Cheap and dirty Chinese and Mexican food is usually a lot better than expensive Chinese and Mexican.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'd say the only point of poutine is to troll pussies who are scared of food that doesn't look right, but there are so many more points to poutine.

Like, seriously people, you put gravy on a baked potato, but fries don't make sense to you? The hell.

you mean mashed potato

 

[Chris R]

No fucking way is Thai food "top tier", for me at least. Can't stand 95% of SE Asian food (fish sauce ruins it for me).

And speaking of international foods.... when is the next candy swap going to occur? I want me some obscure European candy :<

 

[Metalmurphy]

where's the rest of the meat?

That's a duck meat dish. The duck is inside.

 

[DanteFox]

Think I hit all the big ones. Didn't rate Spanish because Spanish is hight overrated.

Thank you!

 

[way more]

Depending on how you feel about Michelin stars, French food would easily be top tier.

Er, Japan has the most Michelin stars per capita.

 

[Arthrus]

I'm pretty sure the only point of this thread is to troll poutine.

Canadian food...
As a Canadian, I'm not sure Canada came up with enough to give it a classification of its own.
"Well, we have poutine, maple syrup, and, uh... uhhhh..."

Going by what I've eaten a lot of:

Top:
- Chinese Buffet!
- Italy
- America
- Lebanese
- France

High:
- India
- Thailand
- Japan

Mid:
- Greek
- Germany
- Russia

Low:
- UK
- Spanish

 

[Big-E]

Thank you!

The same goes with Brazilian. You barbecue some meat, congratulations. It ain't even the best barbecue as the Americans, Chinese and the Koreans do it better than Brazil. Also I have met a lot of Brazilians and more so than any culture do I find their palates to be that of children. Always have to drown everything with salt and pepper and can't handle any heat of any kind. Most that I have net just like meat and potatoes with very little variety.

 

[John Rabbit]

Top tier: Portuguese

And now I'm hungry.

this post has taught me that i apparently need to eat portuguese food.

 

[zero_suit]

Er, Japan has the most Michelin stars per capita.

Did I say otherwise? Both are top tier.

 

[perfectchaos007]

For me it's:

TOP Tier:
Tex-Mex
Italian
Chinese

Mid Tier:
American
German
Japanese
Mexican
Indian

Low Tier:
French

Shit Tier:
British

 

[Big-E]

French and Italian probably have the best total package as Asia severely lacks any top tier desserts.

 

[Korey]

Fried chicken automatically puts American in Top Tier